Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 14:51:51 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Subject: Re: silent cp -i Message-ID: <19970929145151.50498@panke.de> In-Reply-To: <199709291139.VAA31427@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 09:39:46PM %2B1000 References: <199709291139.VAA31427@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 09:39:46PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > >cp(1) is too silent if used with the option -i. It should > >print which input cp expect (y/n) and print a warning if the > >file was not overwritten. > > cp actually expects y/Y/other. This is correct, but may confus new users (press [yY]*\n for yes or *\n for no). -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/
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